Railway-rail anchor



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RAILWAY RAIL ANCHOR Filed July 3, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June17, 1930 UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE ARTHUR E. BARILI All D JACOB A.KYLE, 0F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNORS BY DIRECT AND MESNEASSIGNMENTS, OF ONE-HALF T0 SAID KYLE, ONE-EIGHTH -T0 JOSEPH I-I. GREEN,OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA, ONE-FOURTH TO D. F.

. on-31s, or .Bosron, MASSACHUSETTS, xom, or PLEASANTVILLE, NEW JERSEYAND ONE-EIGHTH TO SAMUEL E. HOLDZ- RAILWAY-RAIL ANCHOR Application filedJuly 3, 1929. Serial No. 375,856.

This invention relates to new and novel improvements in rail anchorsformed from' practical and efficient rail anchor formed from a singlebar or plate of suitable high grade spring steel of thedesired'dimensions and possessing the required strength, which may beeasily and readily applied to-the base of a track rail and securelymaintained-in its proper operative position thereon, and which willalways efiectively grip and clamp the rail base and co-operate withastationary part of the railway road bed to prevent the track rail fromcreeping.

Another object of the invention is to so construct the improved devicethatv it will alwaysmaintain the required resiliency and tension andexert an extremely tight grip and effective frictional engagement withthe track rail under any and all conditions of service, and the greaterthe-twisting strain to which the anchor maybe subjected the more intensegrippingaotion is imparted thereto.

The foregoing and such other objects as may appear from the ensuingdescription are accomplished by the construction, formation, locationand combination of the several parts hereinafter more fully described,illus trated by the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed outin the claims appended hereto, fit being understood that slight changesin the precise form, proportions and minor details of the constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of the specification it willbe seen that: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved deviceembodying our invention showing a track rail in cross-section and thedevice at tached to the base of said rail showingthe position assumed byone of its: clamping members before it is caused to clamp the adjacentedge of the rail.

.Figure 2 is a central longitudinal section of the anchor device,showing it clamped in operative position to the base of a track rail andshowing the track rail in cross-section.

Figure 3 is an enlarged perspective of the device detached'from thetrack rail.

Figure 4 is a side elevation showing the blank from which the railanchor is formed, and showing the first step in the formation of saidanchor from theblank.

Figure 5 is an end elevation of the blank shownin Fig. 4.: I

Figure 6 is a side elevation of the anchor showing the second step inthe formation,

third and final step in the complete formation of the improved railanchoring device.

In the embodiment of the invention as illustratedit will be seen thatthenumeralll designates a railway trackrail, and 2 an underlyingcross-tie forming a stationary part of the railway road bed andsupporting the rail 1, the said rail having a tendency to creep, whensubjected to the intense strain caused by the travel of the rollingstock thereover.

This novel and improved rail anchor is formed from any suitable ordesirable metal, but is preferably formed from a single bar of high.grade spring steel that is'rolled with a reinforced portion 3 at eachside of the bar where it is about five-eights of an inch thick, whileits central portion from 4 to 4: is reduced to a thickness of aboutthreeeighths of an inch. The said bar is then cut into the desiredlength. such as is shown in.

Fig. a, for forming this type of anchor, said Fig. 4; showing that bythe first step in forming this particular type of anchor that by asingle operation any suitable number of holes are punched through thebar in order to furnish the desired resiliency thereto, and at the sametime a portion of the metalis forced outwardly from thebar to form anintegral extension 5 forming a rail gripping member bending-over thevertically extended portion into the formation shown in Fig. 7 to formthe upper portion of the jaw member 7 which is adapted to overlap andrigidly clamp against the upper inclined face of the base of the trackrail when forced into 1ts operatlve position on the base portion of saidtrack rail.

It will be perceived that when the anchor device is completely formed itconsists of a jaw member 5 provided with an upper portion 7 adapted toclamp tightly against the upper inclined'face of one side of the rail,and a lower member 7 adapted to firmly contact with the lower face ofthe rail base, a depending body portion 8, and an upwardly ind outwardlycurved resilient portion 9, with a centrally outwardly formed extension5 adapted to firmly grip into contact with the other edge of the railbase when forced into its operative position. 7 l a It will be seen thatthe wide reinforced side portion 30f the anchor furnishes unusualstrength thereto, and prevents "breaking of the device whilebeing'forced on the rail-and at the same time presents a widened bearingsurface against the cross-tie all along its face where itis in contactwith the tie, hence obviously prevents the tie from being cut, damagedor defaced.

The upper jaw member 7 is formed with a lower face portion 9 having thesame incline as the upper face of the rail base so that when forced onthe rail it will have a fiat gripping contact therewith, as clearlyshown in The anchor device is first adjusted on the rail base by h and,it is then forced on the rail by striking the outer side of the jawmember 5 with asuitable sledge or hammer until it is caused to assumethe position shown in Fig. 1 with the extension 5 resting beneath thebase of the rail under a strong upward spring tension, since the uppersurface of the outer end of the resilient portion 9 extends slightlyabove the horizontal plane of the up per surface of the lower jaw member7 then by a blow of suflicient strength with the sledge or maul at thepoint 10 the extension 5 will pass the edge of the rail and snap intoclose and rigid contact therewith and will remain in its securedposition until removed by force.

The anchor is formed with a suitable number of holes or openings 11punched therethrough to provide the desired resiliency, but when desiredsuch holes or openings may be omitted.

It will be readily evident that the rail anchor device formed in themanner hereinbefore described possesses unusual strength and efficiency;that it will prevent cutting and damage to the cross-tie; that it iseasily and economically produced, and may be read ily applied to anddetached from the base of the track rail. I 1

Having thus described our invention what we claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is: i

1. A single piece rail anchor formed with a reinforced thickened portionat each side thereof extendingiuniformly throughout its entire length,an intermediate thinner portion, a depending body portion, anoverlapging clamping jaw formed at one end portion thereof, and anupwardly extended aw member adjacent the other end portion disposedintermediate its width;

2. A rail anchor fora track rail formed from a single'bar of highgradesteel having an overlapping jaw at one end, the lower surface ofthe uppermember ofsaid jawbeing formed on the same incline asthe upperinclined surface of the rail'base, a depending portion, a reinforcedportion at each side extending uniformly throughout its entire, length,an intermediate thinner portion, and an upwardly extended rail clampingmember formed adjacent its other end portion and intermediateits width.

3. A rail anchor for a track rail-formed from a single bar of metalhaving'an over lapping jaw member at one end thereof, a dependingbodyportion, an upwardly and outwardly disposed curved portion, and astamped up jaw extension formed near its other end portion and disposedintermediate the width of said anchor. 1 c

4. A rail anchor for track rails of the character described, comprisingasingle bar of high grade steel formed with a reinforced portion at eachsideextending uniformly throughout its entire length and an intermediatethinner portion, a jawmember atone end thereof adapted to overlap thetrack rail base, a clamping jaw extension formed intermediate its widthdisposed adjacent its other end adapted to engage the adjacent edge ofthe rail base, and a plurality of openings formed through thethinner-portion only'of said bar.

ARTHUR E. H. B ARILI. JACOB A.

